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VideoFeatures of a Virtual Campus QuadTake a tour of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's campus in Second Life, a 3-D online environment. An artist's video depiction of the campus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Watch a demonstration of Scratch, a programming language designed for kids by MIT's Media Lab, and see some of the most popular creations. Watch a video report about how small colleges are using technology to promote their sports programs. Watch a video report of authors reading their works of electronic literature. AudioThe Spellings Commission, One Year LaterHear U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings talk about
the continuing impact of last year's report by her Commission on the
Future of Higher Education. Hear a graduate student in linguistics speak in her ancestral
language of Tututni. Joan Britton, a 53-year-old New Orleans school-bus driver who was evacuated after Hurricane Katrina, tells Nicole Eugene what happened to her and her family when they tried to leave the city. Ms. Eugene interviewed Ms. Britton on April 28, 2006, as part of the U. of Houston's folklore project, "Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston." An interview with the fashion guru Tim Gunn.
Kendyll, a male-to-female transsexual in her 20s, is a student at George Washington University's voice clinic. She talks about her efforts to make her voice sound more feminine.
Listen to a report from "prom night" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.
Hear Vinton G. Cerf, one of the inventors of the Internet and now "chief Internet evangelist" at Google, talk about whether the worldwide computer network should be revamped.
Excerpts from a Chronicle interview with Robert J. Morse, director of data research for U.S. News & World Report John Maguire, chairman of Maguire Associates, an education-consulting firm, discusses highlights of a survey of college trustees the firm conducted for The Chronicle. Hear a report from John Gravois, a Chronicle reporter, on the mood on the campus the day after the shootings. PodcastTech Therapy Flying a Plane While Building ItYou want to plan a grand technology strategy for your campus, yet you find yourself putting out fires and making 11th-hour decisions. Sound familiar? Scott Carlson, a Chronicle reporter, and Warren Arbogast, a tech consultant, tell you how to get your department in order. (Bonus material: How is technology like a drug?) Interviews Measuring the Universities' Performance: What Works?Mark G. Yudof, chancellor of the University of Texas system, talks about why taxpayers, students, and parents have a right to know how well colleges are doing. Photo GalleryThe Cat PeopleMeet members of the Stanford Cat Network, who care for
strays near the university's campus. See photos from the Central Institute of Restoration, where students learn art restoration, in Rome. View scenes from Saudi Arabian campuses. See photographs of Paris by Patrick Zachmann. Tour the Modernist campus that Edward Durell Stone created for the State U. of New York at Albany. The Temple at Temple UniversityTake a virtual tour of Temple University's historic Baptist Temple. See images from RoboCup 2007. See images of ice cream being made at the University of Connecticut's creamery. Watch and listen to the story of a solar-powered house being built at the University of Cincinnati. See the designs for an ambitious new university in India. See photos of the Islamic University in Uganda. See photos of Cambodian students who live in Buddhist pagodas in order to attend university. |
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